Jan. 10, 2025 U.S. Military Already Fighting Fires in California, Ready to Do More The Defense Department has 500 active-duty troops and a variety of equipment on standby to assist with the wildfires in California, said the deputy pentagon press secretary.
Aug. 5, 2024 Charleston prepares for Debbie’s potential historic storm impact Joint Base Charleston leadership is closely monitoring the weather and will make a decision early Monday afternoon on which base services will be impacted beginning Tuesday morning. Hurricane/Tropical Storm Debby likely to move very slowly over/around our area through mid-to-late week.
May 8, 2024 920th RQW successfully conducts civilian medical airlift 350 miles off coast of United States The 920th Rescue Wing successfully conducted a civilian medical airlift operation of a critical patient aboard a cruise ship located more than 350-nautical-miles off the eastern coast of the United States May 4.Within hours of the call the 920th RQW prepared and launched a rescue force consisting of
Aug. 30, 2023 Hurricane Idalia update AUG 30 | 0900 Idalia is moving toward the north-northeast near 18 mph. A north-northeastward motion is expected through the morning, with Idalia's center reaching the Big Bend coast of Florida this morning. After landfall, Idalia is forecast to turn toward the northeast and east-northeast, moving near or along
Aug. 29, 2023 Hurricane Idalia Update The installation is still closely monitoring Hurricane Idalia for potential base impacts. The strongest winds are expected between the hours of 2000L Wednesday through 0500L Thursday.
Aug. 22, 2023 DOD, Coast Guard Continue Support to Maui Nearly 700 Defense Department personnel and 157 Coast Guardsmen are currently engaged with the U.S. Army Pacific Command and Joint Task Force 5-0 mission, which they've received from FEMA.
Feb. 7, 2023 Delaware Base Supports Earthquake Response Efforts in Turkey Search and rescue personnel boarded a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Dover Air Force Base, Del., to support earthquake response efforts in Turkey.
Sept. 29, 2022 Ian on path for Charleston Here are the latest updates from Col. John Robinson, 315 AW commander regarding Hurrican/Troppical Storm Ian:
Sept. 28, 2022 Wing prepares for storm coming this way As hurricane Ian reaches Florida and makes its way toward South Carolina in some form, here are the following updates from Col. John Robinson, 315 AW commander:
Aug. 24, 2021 Nearly 22k Personnel Out of Afghanistan in Last 24 Hours About 21,600 personnel have been evacuated from Afghanistan in the last 24 hours using U.S. C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules aircraft along with coalition and partner airlift, the Joint Staff deputy director for regional operations said.